[mythtv-users] Button feedback in Myth UI

[Steve Dorsey]

I totally agree. It's not so important in the main interface of  
MythTV, where you get button feedback in the form of menu options  
being highlighted or chosen (although I can think of a few times I've  
been kissing my girl on the couch while navigating the UI, and I  
didn't know if the remote was going anywhere because I could not hear  
it).

   Audio feedback is a very basic element in any media UI. Optional,  
of course. You'd need to be able to shut it off if it annoys you).

   I'd be happy to create beep sounds if needed. I work with audio  
and waveforms regularly.

Thanks,

----------------------S





On Feb 24, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Dave Hofstra wrote:

> mine plays those sounds simultaneously, but then I am using the  
> default oss device.. Pretty funny how things work different for  
> different people...
>
> There really should be a button feedback option in the myth setup  
> menu at this point, I have a really fast computer, and there is  
> still lag when opening mythmusic or something, and it would sure be  
> nice to have feedback on the buttonpresses so that you know when  
> you hit a keystroke.
>
>
> On 2/24/06, Steve Dorsey <info at dorseygraphics.com> wrote:
> your solution works great, except that it does not beep when I FFWD  
> or RW during playback or live TV. The aplay app stores the  
> keypresses and plays them back when I jump back into a MythTV menu.
>
> beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep  
> beep beep beep beep
>
> heh - pretty funny.
>
> thanks,
>
> -----------------------------S
>
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Dave Hofstra wrote:
>
>> Per something I found on the wiki somewhere, in the 'General'  
>> setup section you can put something like "aplay -q /path/to/sound/ 
>> file/soundfile.wav" in the 'keypress application' area.  This is a  
>> hack, but now that I have done it it works quite well.  Note that  
>> I had to restart the frontend application to notice the change.   
>> Also note that it works for LIRC keypresses, not the ones on the  
>> keyboard.
>>
>> The knoppmyth link led me to a thread with some pretty cool  
>> sounds, but they were a little obtrusive while browsing music.
>>
>> I use the mediaportal software for myth-like functionality on my M 
>> $ Laptop.  Mediaportal ( http://www.team-mediaportal.com/) has a  
>> really nice little click sound for their cursor movements.  I  
>> tried it in myth and it works beautifully.
>>
>> You can download thier butcher 2 theme at http://www.team- 
>> mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/ 
>> func,select/id,11/
>> and find the cursor.wav file in the sound directory (it is the  
>> same sound as in the main program's theme, just a smaller download.)
>>
>> I will also host the file for anyone that is too lazy, but please  
>> email me right away if you think it is some kind of violation.  I  
>> dont think so cuz the project is open-source, and the dev's have  
>> been nice to me with other things in the past.
>>
>> http://lisadaveh.home.comcast.net/myxer/cursor.wav
>>
>> let me know what you think about possibly putting this in the  
>> wiki.  I suppose I could ask permission from one of the  
>> MediaPortal dev's and see if they'd allow our wiki to host the  
>> file or something.
>>
>> Dave Hofstra
>>
>> On 2/22/06, Steve Dorsey < info at dorseygraphics.com> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>>    Is there a way to assign a beep sound to the button selections in
>> the MythTV UI? So that when I  select items in a menu, I get a
>> "click" or "beep"? I loved this feature in my Tivo because I got
>> audible confirmation when I pressed a button (very handy when  
>> forward-
>> searching using 3 speeds of search).
>>
>>    I'd be happy to create some nice audio files to use for this
>> feature if need be.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ----------------------S
>>
>>
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